Gigabyte GA-Z87X-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Graphics	81.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	42.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z87X-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140825
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '15 at 02:59
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 117 2-Core 226 78% 171 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 616 62% 505 Pts	64-Core 633 39% 633 Pts
Poor: 60% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5362 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.2% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 110 Parallax 97.4 85% 104 fps	MRender 91.7 Gravity 94.6 Splatting 87.7 74% 91.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Chronos 120GB-$70 862 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 524ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 10741794 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -138160507972161 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 949 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 140 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 41 54 64428048425 (C2) HDA temperature 41 54 64428048425 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10741794 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10741794 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10741794 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10215 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6548 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6548 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6838	42.5% Average	Read 188 Write 88.2 Mixed 102 28% 126 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 84.4 4K Mixed 8.65 94% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 59.2 DQ Write 89.2 DQ Mixed 9.11 25% 52.5 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 84%
Mushkin Chronos 120GB-$70 862 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 18GB free Firmware: 507ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 110 39393034 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 -60756607360381 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1218 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1174 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 41 56 55838244905 (C2) HDA temperature 41 56 55838244905 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 39393034 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 39393034 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 39393034 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6562 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6638 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6638 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7285	50.3% Above average	Read 189 Write 120 Mixed 163 35% 157 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 11.3 105% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 37.3 53% 98.3 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 84%
WD WD15EADS-22P8B0 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 145GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 242 224 7891 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6700 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24707 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5403 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1404 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6682 (C2) HDA temperature 106 89 44 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 271 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58.7% Above average	Read 109 Write 94.9 Mixed 93.7 75% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.42 110% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 79%
WD WD1001FALS-00J7B0 3TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 50GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 211 173 4441 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1369 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4554 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 719 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 72 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 19260 (C2) HDA temperature 116 100 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	47.2% Average	Read 67.8 Write 96.3 Mixed 63.7 57% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.2 98% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 108%

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Gaming 44%

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Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 37%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-HD3

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	31x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	15x
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	14x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	9x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	9x
GTX 760Nvidia $209Bench 26%, 161,132 samples	7x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x
870 QVO 2TBSamsung $145Bench 102%, 41,734 samples	5x
860 QVO 1TBSamsung $109Bench 89%, 201,200 samples	5x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	6x
DDR3 1866 2x8GBUnknownBench 55%, 1,300 samples	6x
DDR3 1866 2x4GBUnknownBench 51%, 1,483 samples	5x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $331

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Gigabyte GA-Z87X-HD3

Performance Results

PC Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)

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